“Every morning was agonizing. Worried of the next day we never slept peacefully
any day. The tremendous pain that Pramod underwent while answering nature’s call
was too much for us to endure day after day. His cries would break our heart!” said
the father recalling those horrific days. As a mother, Jyothi’s ordeal was in fact
most heartrending. “I do not remember sleeping or eating during that period; our
attention was on him constantly...
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Swami said, “See, she is a mother to you, a wife to your father, a daughter-in-law to your grandfather, a sister-in-law to your uncle, and a mother-in-law to your wife. See how her role changes. But look at Me. I am a mother to you, a mother to your mother, a mother to your father, and I will be a mother to your wife - the ‘law’ factor might change but my love, which is like a thousand mothers, will never change.” ... more

“Whether it is good or bad that happens to you, have absolute and firm conviction and faith that it is God who is giving it to you at all times. Have this faith and that is what surrender is.” This is Swami’s definition of surrender...
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I was drawn to Swami actually in 1975. I was living in Greeley and there was a very lovely community which is probably sixty miles down the road. I had a friend there and one day she said that they were doing a spiritual programme at the community centre....
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Like most gorgeous sunny days, it was warm and beautiful, and things around looked
magnificent. Even clouds in the sky seemed to be all smiles. In the distant horizon,
one could see a man, a tad weary, walking along a path through the middle of a vast
corn field. Michael seemed to have walked kilometers and days in search of something
quite significant. One could see there was emptiness in his soul for his eyes looked
sad. You could tell that their journey so far must have been long. It was obvious
from the way he carried himself in dusty clothes and worn out shoes....
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Prof. Anil Kumar: Swami! Kaikeyi had sent Rama to the wilderness on the eve of His
installation as the crown prince. What was Rama's attitude to her? Generally, it
would be one of hostility, wouldn't it?
Bhagavan: Rama is the embodiment of Dharma, the personification of tranquility.
Under no circumstance did He hate Kaikeyi. It was only after bowing down at her
feet...
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SAI SEVA - "How a Journey of Hope and Love Began From a Terrible Train Tragedy"

It was pitch dark as the Coromandel Express hurtled towards its destination. Running
for thousands of miles, this super fast train connects two major metros of India,
Kolkata in the East and the city of Chennai down South everyday. On February 13,
2009 it set out to do the same routine too, but with a twist of fate, it turned
into a tragedy.

On that day it departed from Howrah (Kolkota) at 2.50 p.m. and proceeded at its
usual fast pace covering nearly 70 kilometres every hour with minimum stops....
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Swami says the shell of the coconut represents our body and the white kernel inside
is the divinity within. And the outer skin on the shell is our various desires and
tendencies. Only when we remove these undesirable traits, and destroy the feeling
that “I am the Body” will we be able to open ourselves to the vision and sweet experience
of the Pure Lord. This is the profound lesson; let us remember this and reiterate
it to ourselves whenever we perform or participate in this ‘fruitful’ ceremony passed
on to us from our wise ancestors...
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